At the most-recent Sedalia School District 200 board meeting, on behalf of the Brendan Eisenmenger Student Impact Fund, the Sedalia School District Foundation presented a total of $6,300 in disbursements to school administrators to assist with holiday, food and basic needs of their individual building’s students.
A press release says the fund was established in memory of former Sedalia Middle School Principal Brendan Eisenmenger.
Through memorials donated in Eisenmenger’s name, the fund is used to directly impact and enrich the individual and collective lives of Sedalia School District 200 students by identifying and funding specific needs and educational opportunities to nurture continual student growth and success. These can range from educational, basic food and safety needs to gifts needed at Christmas time.
Funding requests are submitted by building principals with specific students and needs in mind, and the Sedalia School District Foundation helps distribute the funds.
Eisenmenger was a Smith-Cotton graduate and began his teaching career in Sedalia, starting in 2006 when he was a science teacher at Sedalia Middle School and Smith-Cotton Junior High. He later became the assistant principal at Sedalia Middle School. He was named principal of Heber Hunt Elementary in 2014 and eventually returned to Sedalia Middle School as principal in 2018. Eisenmenger died in November 2019.
The fund disbursements were awarded to:
• Horace Mann Elementary School
o $500 for hygiene kits and clothing for students;
• Heber Hunt Elementary School
o $250 for private support of individual students;
• Parkview Elementary School
o $500 for Holiday gifts and clothing for students;
• Loftus Early Childhood Center
o $500 for supplemental Holiday gifts for students;
• Skyline Elementary School
o $500 for supplemental Holiday gifts and to fulfill basic needs for students;
• Sedalia Middle School
o $800 for hygiene kits and clothing for individual students ?
• Smith-Cotton Junior High School
o $800 for private support of individual students and the purchase of bicycles;
• Smith-Cotton High School
o $950 for food and basic needs of students as well as private support of individual students; and
• Whittier High School
o $1,500 for food and basic need assistance for students.
For more information or to donate to the Brendan Eisenmenger Student Impact Fund, visit www.sedaliasdf.org.